CONSTRUCTION WITH A GROUND BREAKING OFF EAST 10TH STREET. >> THREE, TWO, ONE, ALL RIGHT. [APPLAUSE] JENNIFER: MAYOR MIKE MOORE AND OTHER JEFFERSONVILLE OFFICIALS MOVE THE FIRST OR TUESDAY FOR A NEW, FOR MILLION-DOLLAR 12,000 , SQUARE FOOT MEDICAL CENTER IN THE JEFFERSONVILLE COMMONS SHOPPING CENTER. >> THE SURGERY GROUP WILL OCCU 7500 SQUARE FEET, SEVEN TO 10 DOCTORS, INITIALLY SURGEONS, ANNUAL PAYROLL ONCE IT IS COMPLETED OF ABOUT $1.5 MILLION. JENNIFER: DEVELOPER DAVID NICKLIES SAYS THE REMAINING SPACE WILL BE LEASED BY OTHER MEDICAL OFFICES. THE ENTIRE CENTER WILL BE CALLED THE RIVER RIDGE SURGICAL SUITE. MAYOR MOORE ALSO ANNOUNCED A NEW PLANET FITNESS WILL OPEN ITS 18TH GREATER LOUISVILLE LOCATION IN JEFFERSONVILLE COMMONS. >> IT’S A GREAT TIME IN THE CITY OF JEFF. WE ARE CREATING NEW JOBS. WE ARE SEEING NEW FAMILIES MOVE IN. WE NOW HAVE A LOT OF NEW RETAIL IN OUR CITY, AND TODAY WE’RE GOING TO START AND BREAK THE GROUND ON A NEW MEDICAL FACILITY. JENNIFER THE MAYOR SAYS THE NEW : DEVELOPMENTS OFF EAST 10TH STREET WILL BRING IN ALMOST $2 MILLION IN NEW REVENUE FOR THE CITY. >> WE LAID OUT SIX OR SEVEN YEARS AGO TO DO SOME MAJOR ROADWORK. THIS IS WHY WE WERE DOING THAT ROADWORK. WHEN WE WERE PUTTING SHOVELS INTO THE GROUND AND SAYING WE’RE GOING TO WIDEN 10TH STREET, WE’RE GOING TO DEVELOP AND WIDEN HOLMANS LANE, WE’RE GOING T

Jeffersonville is celebrating the start of a major development.The rain didn't stop a groundbreaking Tuesday morning on a new medical facility at the Jeffersonville Commons Shopping Center on East 10th Street, next to the Kroger, near the I-265 interchange.The facility will be used by River Ridge Surgical Suites to perform outpatient surgeries. "I'm not interested in going after companies that are bringing in $10 and $12 an hour jobs. I'm going to let somebody else fight for those," Jeffersonville Mayor Mike Moore said. "We want people having careers here in Jeffersonville. We want a solid base foundation."The surgical center is expected to open this fall.Moore also announced a new Planet Fitness will open at the shopping center by next spring.

JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. —

Jeffersonville is celebrating the start of a major development.

The rain didn't stop a groundbreaking Tuesday morning on a new medical facility at the Jeffersonville Commons Shopping Center on East 10th Street, next to the Kroger, near the I-265 interchange.

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The facility will be used by River Ridge Surgical Suites to perform outpatient surgeries.

"I'm not interested in going after companies that are bringing in $10 and $12 an hour jobs. I'm going to let somebody else fight for those," Jeffersonville Mayor Mike Moore said. "We want people having careers here in Jeffersonville. We want a solid base foundation."

The surgical center is expected to open this fall.

Moore also announced a new Planet Fitness will open at the shopping center by next spring.